Year: 2018

Idaho Potato Commission Hires Industry Veteran Alan Kahn To Lead Foodservice Division

December 4, 2018 Idaho Potato Commission

Today the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) welcomes Alan Kahn as the new Vice President of Foodservice. Kahn will rely on his extensive foodservice and marketing experience to develop and implement attention-grabbing campaigns that encourage greater Idaho® potato consumption at the foodservice level. With more than 25 years of experience in foodservice, food marketing, and new business development in the potato industry specifically, Alan understands the strength of the “Grown in Idaho®” seal and the prestige it carries among chefs and foodservice operators in the United States and around the world. …

Backyard Farms’ Northeast Expansion Sets Record

December 4, 2018 Mastronardi Produce

Mastronardi Produce Ltd. is expanding the beloved Backyard Farms® brand with the introduction of a high-tech greenhouse in New York, the largest-ever single build in North America. …

Court Of Appeals Upholds US Ban On Mexican Seafood Imports To Save Vaquita

December 3, 2018 The Center for Biological Diversity

Rejecting a Trump administration legal challenge, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit confirmed a preliminary order implementing a federal law that requires a ban on seafood imported from Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California and caught with gillnets that drown the vaquita porpoise. Gillnets kill about 50 percent of the rapidly dwindling vaquita population every year. …

'Dead Zone' Worsens Troubles For Louisiana Shrimpers

December 3, 2018 Erin Jordan, The Gazette

Tommy Olander Jr. took his first baby steps on the deck of a 42-by-16-foot Lafitte skiff shrimp trawler. His dad, Thomas Olander, named the boat Tommy Boy after his son, now 25. …

Commercial Reopening For Red Snapper In South Atlantic Federal Waters On December 5, 2018

December 3, 2018 NOAA Fisheries

The commercial harvest of red snapper in South Atlantic federal waters will reopen for 10 days on December 5, 2018. Commercial harvest willreopen at 12:01 a.m., local time, on December 5, 2018, and close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on December 15, 2018. During the 10-day reopening, the commercial trip limit for red snapper is 75 pounds gutted weight. …